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Serving Big Timber & Sweet Grass County, Montana
Vol. 111, No. 10 - Ja
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LSIIIIMiy i/t/f year. Snowpack averages are down throughout the area. (Charles Oberiy Photo)
Motions consider land purchase
City looks for more space
The Mormon church is
reportedly in the process of
purchasing five acres of property
from Ella Moore on the northeast
edge of Big Timber. The church
hopes to erect a Chapel at that
location.
No official notification or
application for the project has yet
been received by the Sweet Grass
County Planning office, local
Planner Candis Beaudry said
Wednesday.
The acreage under consideration
is along Highway 191 North before
the railroad underpass on the
righthand side of the road traveling
out of town.
According to Big Timber
residents Don and Kathy Purcell,
there are 63 Mormon families in
the surrounding area. The Purcells
are hopeful construction on the
Chapel can start as early as'this
spring.
During an emergency session
of the City Council on January 5,
council members discussed the
potential purchase of the R.C.
Auto Body building, 301 McLeod,
in order to expand the city's offices,
public meeting chamber, and
equipment storage facilities.
The auto body shop is current
on building code standards, but the
adjoining apartment is not. The
council felt, due to shoddy electrical
wiring, the apartment has no value
as a rental property for the city. It
was suggested the space be used for
storage or the apartment removed.
The council liked the idea of
moving the offices and meeting
chamber to the west side of the
building and converting the east
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